HDD

[oziboy]

I have 2 hdd's on an ata133 pci raid card___sometimes when booting after the
computer has been off for a few hours__it will not show the 2
hdd's__rebooting a couple of times they then show__I took out the jumper on
each hdd as sometimes the computer refused to boot until I pulled the power
plug from the slave hdd__the normal sys {2} HDD's master and slave are on
cable connect__all seems well in admin/ computer management_______jumper
pins are master 10 pin and slave 6 pin__not a real bother , but it's not
going to get any better___help or hint please______
Kind Regards From OZ

 

[LVTravel]

Would this second hard drive be a Western Digital drive that is about 4-5
years old? If so, if the system is left off overnight (8 hours) does it
start up normally every time but it hangs when booting after being off 2-4
hours? If so, replace that drive. I had a problem with WD drives of that
age (about 5 different drives of various sizes) that would "hang" and not
spin up properly, causing exactly the problem you are describing. Even
though the electronics shouldn't depend on the physical platters spinning, I
could never get a successful post on any drive connected to a channel when
one physical drive didn't spin up properly.

What is the make on the ATA card? You also might try to update the card's
bios with the latest from the card's manufacturer.